Emergency-tire for automobile-wheels, &amp;c.



y.ends of whicli'are'adapted I section.

iod K', whileutheopposite end is threaded and engages va threaded aperture inv the socket member K2y tire section, said socket member being provided with a recess K and is slotted at K* for' the reception. of the .projecting headed end of a rod uponl an adjacent section to be fastened to the rim of the wheel.

In order to afford an additional anchorage to the tread surface of the tire, T-bolt-s,l one of which is designated in Fig. 5 of lthe drawings byl letter S, are providedthe headed to lbe contracted in a slot S" formed'ion the inner concaved face ofthe tread surface, said T-shaped ends of thebolts being inserted with their heads running longitudinally of the slot and afterl which turned a partial revolution in order to bring the T-shaped endsthereof at right angles to the slot 1n the manner shown in Fig. 7of the drawings. A nut S2 is fitted upon thethreaded end of the `bolt S and is countersunk in'a recess A formed in the inner surface of the tire section.` A suitable fabric E is interposed between the tread surface D and the section 'I and .which is preferably of a soft "material and serves as a cushion. v 'j t In Fig. 8o .the drawingsrwe have shown a slightly modified' form of the clencher apparatus in whichy the tire section Thas an integral clencher hook portion T along one of its-marginal edges and the opposite edge has a rib T2 against which a curved clamping member T2 is adapted to'bear to coperate with the hooked portion T to securely clench andhold the tread surface of the tire Referring to 1 of the drawings will be seen a means for drawing sections of the tire connected together by the mechanism be-I fore described so that the inner concaved surfaces of the tire sections will be clamped securely against the circumference of the rim and in which figure a bolt, designated `by letter M, is provided which engages slots formed in the inwardly .turned ends of the plates N and N2, while the threaded portion M of the bolt passes through a nut M2 held against the rear face of one of the inwardly turned ends of the tread surface engaging plates. The shank portion of the bolt M intermediate the section is preferably square or anv'ular in cross section and affords means wherb a Wrench may be employed for conveniently turning the bolt when it is 'desired to cause the adjacent ends of the sections to be drawn toward or moved away from each other. l

By the provision of an emergency tire made up of sections as shown and described,

which is fastened to the' it' will be noted that'a simp le and `efficient means is afforded whereby, 1n the event of a pneumatic tire being punctured or otherwise' damaged, the same may be removed from the rim and the sectional tirel easily .and uickly 'adjusted to the rim as-ay substitute or the pneumatic tire.

What weclaim to be new is 1'.' An emergency tire comprisin tions,l .a tread surface upon eac tire sec- 7o 'Y section, clencher plates fastened to the opposite faces of the sections, the ends of said plates being n l bent over the ends of said sections, a headed lug at the lend of one section .and a slot at its other end `adapted toreceive a headed lug of an adjacent section to hold the sections together, and means for drawing and holding the connected sections cx'frictionally against thel circumference of the rim of a wheel. A i

2. An emergency tire comprisingvtire sections, a tread surface upon each section, clencher plates fastened to the op osite faces of the sections, the longitudinal e lges of said plates being bent over the ends of the lsections, means engaged by said bent edges to hold the tread surfaces upon the sections of the tire,lthe ends o-f said plates being bent over the ends of said sections1 and overlapping each other, said overlapping ends being provided with registering slots opening into airecess in the-adjacent end of the section, a headed lug-'fixed to `a bent portion of a plate and the opposite end of said section and designed to engage the slots in the end of an adjacent section,

holding the connected sections frictionally.

against the circumference of the rlm of a wheel.l

3. An emergency tions, a tread surface upon each section, clencher plates fastened to the opposite faces of the sections, means engaged by said plates and adapted to hold the tread surfaces against the convexed. s urfacesof said sec tions, means for fastening the ends of the sections together, a headed bolt engaging slots in adjacent ends oftwo of the sections, a nut upon the threaded portion ofthe bolt, said plates which are engaged by said bolt being spaced apart, the shank portion of said bolt being angular in cross section intermediate the pairs of plates.

In testimony whereof w'e vhereunto affix oursignatures in the presence of twov witnesses.

WILLIAM BUDESI-IEIMQ JEFFERSON D. STINCHCOMB.

Witnesses:

A. L. HoUGH, A. Ri FowLnn.

and means for drawing and tire comprising tire sec 

